2016 Eisner Awards: Nominees & Winners

The 2016 Eisner Awards took place on Friday, July 22nd, during the San Diego Comic Con. The awards set a record this year with the astounding number of 49 female creators that gathered 61 total nominations and many of the categories were anybody’s game. It was an exciting night that awarded many incredibly talented creators and gave the audience the pleasure of seeing John Barrowman dressed as Squirrel Girl.

Here are the nominees and winners of the 2016 Eisner Awards:

Best Short Story

“Black Death in America,” by Tom King and John Paul Leon, in Vertigo Quarterly: Black(Vertigo/DC)

“Hand Me Down,” by Kristyna Baczynski, in 24 x 7 (Fanfare Presents)

“It’s Going to Be Okay,” by Matthew Inman, in The Oatmeal (theoatmeal.com/comics/plane)